Flying Squid to Today I LearnedEnglish • 1 month agoTIL McDonalds once gave away Gillette safety razors as part of a promotional deal.imagemessage-square26arrow-up1172arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1167arrow-down1imageTIL McDonalds once gave away Gillette safety razors as part of a promotional deal.Flying Squid to Today I LearnedEnglish • 1 month agomessage-square26file-text
minus-square@reddig33linkEnglish25•edit-21 month agoThink of all the plastic that ends up in landfills thanks to these “disposable” razors.
minus-square@PunnyNamelinkEnglish11•1 month agoAnd plastic producers have known since its inception that most can’t be recycled.
minus-squareFlying SquidOPlinkEnglish1•1 month agoI’m guessing the metal in the razors could be re-used too. Probably too expensive to do it though.
minus-squareFlying SquidOPlinkEnglish1•1 month agoI would think something like that would be relatively easy to take care of with the metal if there was a cost-effective way to recycle it because the metal would end up in a forge and I don’t think any pathogens could survive that high a heat.
Think of all the plastic that ends up in landfills thanks to these “disposable” razors.
And plastic producers have known since its inception that most can’t be recycled.
I’m guessing the metal in the razors could be re-used too. Probably too expensive to do it though.
Also they’re technically a biohazard
I would think something like that would be relatively easy to take care of with the metal if there was a cost-effective way to recycle it because the metal would end up in a forge and I don’t think any pathogens could survive that high a heat.